"Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)" is a song by American singer-so… Read Full Bio ↴"Crazy in the Night (Barking at Airplanes)" is a song by American singer-songwriter Kim Carnes and the lead single from her ninth studio album, Barking at Airplanes (1985). Written by Carnes, and co-produced with Bill Cuomo, the track was inspired by her eldest son's struggles with nightmares and fear of the dark as a child. It was released as a single in April 1985 by EMI America.

The song became one of Carnes' highest-charting singles, peaking at no. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reaching the top 40 in various countries.

Crazy in the Night
Kim Carnes Lyrics

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Sometimes I really think
I'm going crazy in the night
When I hide down in the covers
And I won't turn on the light
I think nothing's gonna get me
But then again it might
What can I do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

I need a drink of water
But I swallow hard instead
Cause it's hard to move a muscle
When you're frozen in your bed
If I could make it to the phone
Before I die of fright
What can I do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

Sometimes she really thinks
She's going crazy in the night
When she hides down in the covers
And she won't turn on the light
She says nothing's gonna get to her
But then again it might
What can she do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

There's a monster on my ceiling
There's a monster on the wall
There are thousands in the closet
Now they're coming down the hall
I'm so hidden they can't find me
But then again they might
What can I do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

Sometimes she really thinks
She's going crazy in the night
When she hides down in the covers
And she won't turn on the light
She says nothing's gonna get to her
But then again it might
What can she do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

And if I disappeared
Do you think they'd ever look
Would I be headlines in the paper
Or the cover of the book
Got to pull myself together
I don't want to die of fright
What can I do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

Sometimes she really thinks
She's going crazy in the night
When she hides down in the covers
And she won't turn on the light
She says nothing's gonna get to her
But then again it might

What can she do to keep from going
Crazy in the night

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Kim Carnes's song "Crazy in the Night" describe the terror and anxiety that can come with nighttime thoughts and fears. Carnes sings about feeling like she is going crazy as she hides in her bed, afraid of monsters on the ceiling, walls, and in her closet. The repetition of the chorus emphasizes the feeling of being trapped and powerless while battling these fears. The lines about needing a drink of water but being too frozen to move add to the sense of helplessness and vulnerability, as does the notion that nobody might notice or care if she disappeared. Overall, the song captures the feeling of being alone with one's thoughts at night and the overwhelming sense of fear that can come with it.

Line by Line Meaning

Sometimes I really think I'm going crazy in the night
The singer sometimes feels like she is losing her mind at night.

When I hide down in the covers And I won't turn on the light
She feels safer in bed with the covers over her and doesn't want to see anything that could scare her more.

I think nothing's gonna get me But then again it might What can I do to keep from going Crazy in the night
She tries to convince herself that nothing bad will happen, but she's still afraid and doesn't know how to calm down.

I need a drink of water But I swallow hard instead Cause it's hard to move a muscle When you're frozen in your bed
She's parched but can't bring herself to get out of bed because she's too scared to move.

If I could make it to the phone Before I die of fright What can I do to keep from going Crazy in the night
She thinks about calling someone for help but is worried that something bad might happen before she gets to the phone.

There's a monster on my ceiling There's a monster on the wall There are thousands in the closet Now they're coming down the hall I'm so hidden they can't find me But then again they might What can I do to keep from going Crazy in the night
She imagines monsters everywhere and feels vulnerable even though she's hiding under the covers.

And if I disappeared Do you think they'd ever look Would I be headlines in the paper Or the cover of the book
She wonders whether anyone would care if she vanished or whether it would even make the news.

Got to pull myself together I don't want to die of fright What can I do to keep from going Crazy in the night
She exhorts herself to calm down and not let her fear consume her.

Sometimes she really thinks She's going crazy in the night When she hides down in the covers And she won't turn on the light She says nothing's gonna get to her But then again it might What can she do to keep from going Crazy in the night
The singer thinks that other people must feel the same way she does and wonders how they manage their fear.

She says nothing's gonna get to her But then again it might What can she do to keep from going Crazy in the night
She tries to reassure herself but knows deep down that there is a possibility of something bad happening.

Lyrics © KIM CARNES D/B/A MOONWINDOW MUSIC
Written by: KIM CARNES

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@ghostvillage1

1y↑1

LYRICS:
Sometimes I really think I'm going crazy in the night
When I hide down in the covers and I won't turn out the light
I think nothing's gonna get me but then again it might
What can I do to keep from going crazy in the night?
I need a drink of water but I swallow hard instead
'Cause it's hard to move a muscle when you're frozen in your bed
If I could make it to the phone before I die of fright
What can I do to keep from going crazy in the night?
There's a monster on my ceiling, there's a monster on the wall
There are thousands in the closet, now they're coming down the hall
I'm so hidden they can't find me, but then again they might
What can I do to keep from going crazy in the night?
And if I disappeared, do you think they'd ever look?
Would I be headlines in the paper or the cover of the book?
Got to pull myself together, I don't want to die of fright
What can I do to keep from going crazy in the night?
(Doo-doo-doo doo, doo-doo-doo doo)
(Crazy in the night)
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(Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo)
(Doo-doo-doo doo, doo-doo-doo doo)
(Crazy in the night)
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(Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo)
(Doo-doo-doo doo, doo-doo-doo doo)
(Crazy in the night)
(Doo-doo-doo doo, doo-doo-doo doo)
(Doo-doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo, doo)
(Doo-doo-doo doo, doo-doo-doo doo)
(Crazy in the night)

@joshuadramsey

4y↑3

I heard this on the radio as a kid, and hounded my mom into buying me the 45 single. Loved it. However, I kept watching MTV hoping to see the video, but couldn't catch it for what seemed like a long time. (It was probably two days, but as a six-year-old kid, even that's a long time!) I had my parents and babysitters on MTV lookout duty, ready to yell at me at the first hint of those footstep sounds. Even they started to get into the buildup. Would I ever get to see it? Who knew?

Then the day came that my babysitter really saw it starting. She was excited, especially after she had given a false alarm, somehow to Sammy Hagar's "Three Lock Box." She just grabbed me away from my toys and sat me down in front of the TV.

I was watching it! Meh. All that anticipation, and it was just a performance video. Where were my monsters on the ceiling and the wall (and the thousands that were in the closet before they started coming down the hall)? What a let down! I even had to fake excitement because I knew my babysitter was happy to have been the one to get me to see it.

Oh well. I did draw a pretty cool picture of the monsters with some crayons on some loose-leaf paper to compensate. I even put the MTV-style credits for the song in the lower left corner. That was my "Crazy in the Night" imagery!

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@richardcannon9782

1y↑42

Love this song and especially love it when they play it during Coast to Coast AM Radio program late at night

@kodycurrier8257

44w↑2

Coast to Coast AM is one of my favorite radio shows. That's where I heard this song for the first time in decades. Since then it's on my play list.

@ChildOfThe1970s

43w↑2

I sure do miss the great Art Bell, the show's founder.

@jeffparkhurst8607

14w

Same

@annabellessweetdreams3787

2y↑57

I'm 21 and this is the first time I've listened to her. Love this song and she's beautiful.

@jaddison1112

1y↑6

Miss Annabelle at 21, You found one of my favortite songs from the 1980s that is still very relavant today !!!

@rockandroller8352

1y↑1

so you're 21 SO?

@bryanbledsoe68

23w

I'm 55 and just discovered this song as a bumper on Coast to Coast. I did know her from Betty Davis Eyes. This is a great song too!

@RickBeall

1y↑27

It's a shame she did not have more #1 hits. Love her voice and presence.

@rseward7183

40w

She is still creating music

@pilatusboy

10y↑180

Her unique raspy voice sounds terrific, great groove, just love her!

@saptefrati1600

5y↑2

💛 👌 👏 Agree ! 9mar19

@JesseJames-rg7vg

3y↑2

Thats what amazes me about her is her unique raspy voice just like u said not to mention how beautiful she always was.

@joaoricardo5552

2y↑2

Sempre escutei Bette Davis Eyes, e agora esta entrou nas minhas favoritas. Demais!!

@williamh.jarvis6795

Similar to Mrs. Bonnie Tyler, singer of: "The total eclipse of the heart" and, "it's a heartache." Bonnie Tyler also has a raspy voice.

@nildameers3772

I never heard of her lol. Thought rod Stewart sang Betty Davis.
I was in elementary when I heard the song

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@beastygeorge

9y↑148

I remember being a kid mad at the charts because this song never made it to the Top 10 while I was rooting for it to do so...It is still one of my all time favorites even if it does not get the attention it deserves from radio & djs nowadays...

@saltwatercb

5y↑13

George, I felt the same exact way! As a kid I used to listen to American Top 40 religiously every Sunday and I hoped and hoped (and hoped) that this would find its way into the Top 10 because I thought (and still do) that it was an absolutely terrific song and sounded like nothing else on the radio. Among its many strengths is that it has the perfect amount of humor/goofiness without falling into the trap of sounding like a novelty song. And the subject matter is certainly far from the standard Top 40 lyrical cliches. I can't think of another Top 20 song before or since that tackles anxiety, period, let alone to such spirited effect.

When I got to college I was assigned Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper," and when I read it I thought, "Oh my gosh, this character could be the woman portrayed in 'Crazy in the Night'." It's a chilling story--I highly recommend it.

My favorite line remains: "There's a monster on my ceiling and a monster on the wall..." She sings it PERFECTLY. Cheers! Christopher

@sofees

😭

@HitsTownUSA

5y↑6

@saltwatercb I remember this song getting a good amount of airplay on Top 40 station 105 KITS San Francisco back in '85. Any record in the Top 15 will get the same amount of spins as the 14 current records ahead of it on most TOP 40 playlists at the time. Why it stalled at #15 on the Hot 100 was due to sales of the single .

@lcuco2473

4y↑3

@saltwatercb My favorite line too. Monsters everywhere! Ceilings and walls. Yikes!

@RockerKevUK

2y↑2

I remember as a teenager going into a number of record stores trying to get this and all they had was 'Bette Davis Eyes', I already had that so I had to walk out empty-handed !

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@saltwatercb

5y↑28

She sounds terrific, looks gorgeous and has great stage presence in this video. Plus she wrote the song herself and it's awesome. I would have loved to see her collaborate with Ann Wilson on something.

@andrewwalsh8274

44w↑8

Kim is just a great vocalist. This is another of her many very good songs!

@michaelvaladez3012

2y↑6

It is so cool when all the band members join in and sing with Kim during the chorus,makes the song sound more exciting! I remember hearing this play on the radio on Halloween 🎃 back in the mid 80s,how I miss my childhood back then 😢.

@elainevidigal7592

3y↑9

Linda demais essa música faz lembrar bons tempos da minha adolescência dancei muito louco na noite 😍

@jaddison1112

1y↑8

I used to actually fear, and think I was going crazy in the night. In1985 I related to this song very strongly and loved this song so much ..... Kim Carnes still rocks it off the wall !

@lhart99

2y↑2

One of my favorite artists that hit the big-time in the '80s. Unfortunately, she couldn't build off the momentum of Mistaken Identity. This is an amazing song. I haven't listened to the album in a phat minute, but I thought it was okay the first time I listened to it.

@mikep5043

27w↑1

This tune has become my FAVORITE from Kim in my later years in life. And yes, even moreso than Bette Davis Eyes. Love how the band takes control and exclusively sings the chorus!

@JC19seventy6

15w

It’s her best song

@federicogentile7977

24w↑2

My favorite Kim Carnes song. I remember watching an interview and she said the child who asks "Who is it?" in the intro is her son, who loved the song. Pure fun!

@CharlieFBarassi

47w↑4

wow love it !! damn kim your voice is so unique !! why only she has on hit..this song is great

@darrendobson2442

2y↑7

OMG! How I forgot just how much I loved this song. It’s a perfect mid-80s mix of instrumentals and vocals. That being said though…the band looks somewhat suspect if they looked the same and walked down our streets in 2022.

@Mr_Frankystein

31w↑2

Glad I just discovered Kim Carnes! Love this song

@TheRampagingGallowglass75

30w↑2

This unheralded masterpiece oozes 80s vibes while it still sounds as otherworldly, refreshing & transcendent now as it did 38 years ago, just amazing (it was almost as though people in the music industry back in the late 70s & 80s were reaching into the future to extract the pioneering sounds, styles & musical textures that they needed & dreamt about)!
The sublime beauty & euphorically orgasmic awesomeness of this mid 80s gem will resonate forever, undying in its sheer magnificence & immortalized. Kim Carnes was hypnotic!

@pedrosauza7377

3y↑5

Kim Carnes, una de mis voces favoritas; me hubiera encantado escucharla a duo con Rod Steward; seguramente el resultado hubiera sido un éxito.
Desde México para el Mundo, Ulises Espinosa.

@shoulderlift

7y↑4

I just love this song so much. Reminds me of when I had nightmares as a child and woke up in the middle of the night being so scared! I've always loved Kim Carnes' voice and in this song, it is even better. Love also the male voices as background vocals. One of my favorite song from Kim Carnes!

@katymahaffey6454

9y↑89

Love this the queen of rasp and roll!!!!

@heathercorwin5040

3y↑162

Love this song even more than Bette Davis Eyes!! 80's Music will always rule!!!!

@nitaishcomer9431

2y↑6

EASILY...THIS SONG IS A ROCKER!!!

@JC19seventy6

2y↑4

It’s way better

@williamh.jarvis6795

2y↑4

Mr. Richard Syrett, when sitting in for George Noory on Coast to Coast AM, will normally play this song, at the beginning of the 4:30am segment. It is almost predictable that Mr. Syrett will use it.

@sergey1974ful

2y↑1

Los padres fundadores seran !!

@liberalsarethebiggestcryba6654

2y↑2

Nah, Bette Davis Eyes was one of my favorite songs back then.

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@marcianeto3648

34w

Adoro essa musica....

@DavidIrbyUSAF

5y↑9

My favorite song off the album. It should have went to number one.

@juditerosa789

Linda essa música 🎶🎶

@wissenschaftenundpraxishan1952

3y↑2

A really great song with a marvellous voice!

@stephencorbett2862

2y↑10

Well isn't this a blast from the past......Brilliant!!!!

@frankgts071

11y↑6

que gran tema, me considero suertudo al haber escuchado esta y muchas otras canciones del tipo cuando estaba en mi adolecencia una etapa muy suceptible por lo tanto valorábamos mucho la calidad de la muscia de ese entonces...saludos

@user-jg8vf6yz3p

18w

OMG This song is so awesome Lets get crazy and rock all night long Yippee Definitely a floor filler

@rodney9409

2y↑4

Fun lyrics and the chorus is so awesome, it reached no. 3 in SA and loved the song Voyeur which peaked at no. 12, the album made the top 20, I love the few words with that voice she sang in We A The World.

@JohnnyHoffa

9y↑43

How was this song NOT a big hit? I have a vague memory of hearing it, like, maybe once in the 80s. It's amazing. Totally adding it to my favorites.

@awm8221

6y↑3

It was too predictable sounding. The album was a flop too.

@saltwatercb

5y↑6

@AM I have no idea what you are talking about. What on Earth makes a song sound "predictable"? Did you mean "overly familiar" or "derivative" or "copycat-ish"? Even if you did, I can't see how any of those terms would apply to this song, as it really doesn't sound anything like other hit songs around that period. Yes, the prominent synths are typical of the era, but that dervish like tempo, her raspy voice, the unusual subject matter for a pop song (a woman literally going crazy) and the slightly comic edge of the whole thing, all make for something that is anything but "predictable." If you want to dis people's music, at least show some respect by actually articulating what you find wanting about it. Cheers! Christopher

@saltwatercb

5y↑3

Johnny, it IS a terrific song. Glad you have come to discover and enjoy it so much. As far as its hit status--it did climb as high as #15, so that's a pretty decent showing, but for some reason it has faded into obscurity. It's never something you hear on the radio, even when stations do "80s Throwback" weekends, and yet there are other songs from that period that failed to crack the Top 40--e.g., Modern English's "I'll Stop the World (and Melt with You)--which have become staples. Go figure. Cheers! Christopher

@gjmob

5y↑2

It was a big hit in Australia.

@greytgreytx

5y↑2

It was a big hit to me personally. :) I had this album, and I LOVED it. I feel like I heard it a lot, but it's possible that wasn't on the radio, just in my living room. I remember the video extremely vividly, but I didn't have a social life so Friday Night Videos was my jam.

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@bluehibiscus502

5y↑32

This lady's voice-So distinctive!

@gluserty

4y↑3

It's been said by one music critic that her voice sounds like the female Rod Stewart; I didn't think to make that comparison, but I agree.

@brenorodrigues6467

4y↑1

Voice ; Tina Turner
Voice : Cyndi Lauper
Voice : Aretha Franklin
Voice : Whitney Houston

@bimbobaggypants4820

4y↑1

Similar to bonnie tyler

@fckimcarnes

14y↑7

June, 1985 - For the second time Kim co-produced her album : "Barking At Airplanes". "Producing myself was an incredibly big step," she said. "It was the first album where every note was precisely the way I wanted it to sound."

@suzannederringer1607

2y↑2

Love this song! Thanks for the great video!!!

@johnsnell1929

2y↑6

This is such a great video for the song... I always loved her voice from "Betty Davis Eyes" but I don't know if I ever heard "Crazy in the Night" until guest host Richard Syrrett (sp?) came on Coast to Coast AM, and started playing it as his bumper music lead-in to the last half-hour of his shows (4:34 AM EST) EVERY TIME he was on! Then I fell in love with this song - what a perfect way to set the mood for the last segment of his shows!

BTW, one of my childhood treasures from the early 80's is a 4-disc set I won from the local radio station of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 that contained the show and used to be sent to the stations each week. I forget if it was climbing or falling in the charts, but it was one of the weeks that had "Betty Davis Eyes"! Such a treat!

@leonheisenberg0210

Man Kim Carnes is so underrated... Such an amazing singer with an unbelievable and raspy voice! It's a pity, that most of the people (including me) only know/knew the song "Bette Davis Eyes" from her.

@robertocontreras-yb5vn

47w

Waddy Wachtel rocks he's such an underrated guitar player legendary with Linda ronstadt, Kim Carnes and with the great Stevie Nicks .

@LunaPriest

13y↑3

Thank you for providing KC fans a high-quality version of this great song!

@magnuswettermark8293

3y↑2

Great lady,great musicans,great album and great song. Have all her albums.

@Megadriver

5y↑28

I love her raspy voice, it's absolutely perfect for the 80s music scene.
Oh man, music will never be the same. In the 80s we had this, we had Toto, we had Pink Floyd and all the other gems.
Now we have mumbling idiots that can't even spell their name right.

@viqarahmedkhan9830

2y↑2

80s was best

@ttgyuioo

Agree 😉

@ttgyuioo

2y↑1

I listened to a hit song by Brittany spears called toxic. It didn't even sound like music...it was TERRIBLE. I saw a young kid with a rolling stones t-shirt on...these young people hear their parents music and they don't like contemporary rock anymore. My daughter listens to the old rock and I asked her why she liked that music and she said because you and dad did. Smart ass kid...lol

@ttgyuioo

2y↑2

This group has more talent than the entire music industry does today

@mikebinok

I owned the cassette tape of this album and have many fond memories of tearing down the Texas and Oklahoma highways in my ‘78 Monte Carlo while it was playing. This song was my favorite. Great times!

@giuliodalema5229

10y↑15

I love songs from 80, I love that sinth sound. KIM is a fantastic woman!!!!!!

@inusq192009

13y

She's one of a kind, just wonderful.

@dad1717

What a sultry voice! I played the heck out of this song when it came out. It just gets better as the years go by.

@joseantoniodiogo9979

2y↑3

Great music Great Voice.

@randallterry4707

29w

For some this song just popped in my head so I had to listen to it. This song is so awesome!!! Even in 2023. It blows todays crap out the window.

@impulse2378

3y↑5

Just discovered her from listening to Sirius 80s on 8. Love it. Gonna get her records now.

@mariopicciano1679

Pure 80s sound, so good to listen to it 😊 😁

@kimcarnes294

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@autumn_in_myheart

6y↑1

Nice. She has great voice and talent.

@carlosschiffini4468

6y↑1

Kim carnes a melhor cantora de todos os tempo

@iulimatiulimat5889

21w

Kim Carnes...O mare voce!Mișto rău melodia!De fapt toate melodiile ei sunt mișto,dar asta și Bette Davis'eyes îmi plac super mult!!!

@boygoerge7074

What a character and what remarkable voice no other vocal singer process such a voice in talent

@scotttaylor709

8y↑6

Awesome song. Love it.

@patrickmcpherson97

6y↑22

One of my favorites, as a teenager in 1985.

@alisonzicker7888

5y↑1

one of my favourites too

@jameseaton4593

I went to high school with the drummer; he was a sophomore and played in a band of seniors. A prodigy. Craig Krampf.

@michaelpurvis1492

Great music never dies 🎶 🎵 🎼 🎸 🎹 🎤 ❤️ 👌

@kimcarnes294

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@bennygreene1421

What a beauty!! Great voice.

@kimcarnes294

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@bennygreene1421

@Kim Carnes YES

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@robesiovogli

1y↑1

will always be one of my favorite singers

@antoniomariajardimgouveia4524

10y↑2

Realmente vale a pena relembrar o nosso passado

@lsjed

8y↑48

what a voice man i miss the 80s

@alyst0000

4y↑4

This was just sublime.

@ggbirdymill1618

50w

Wow...this is a banger. Love it!

@DiamantsDivineDragon

Grew up with this song thanks to my brother who had it on a cassette tape of hit songs from 1985.

@TheSpookyDuke

5y↑2

80's music is awesome, fantastic, fabulous.

@hitmangfx7162

One of my favorite videos...The music really goes with the lighting/setting. Nondescript and all, but still very cool. Really defines the 80's as a strange but wonderful dream...which it is. :)

@sean7665

3y↑1

What a cool voice

@kimcarnes294

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@nickhadoulis3659

46w

The 80's was a great time to be a teenager. I remember this being played while roller skating and playing galaga on Friday nights... How i wish I could turn back the hands of time....

@Bahama3ay

35w

The 1980's was such a fantastic time, especially for music. I had the time of my life in the 1980's. I wouldn't trade 1 day of my time in the 1980's for a year in the present. If I could go back and do it all again, I would do it in a heartbeat. I got to live my youth in the best decade ever. Wish I could go back and stay there.

@miker4430

37w

That voice!!!!

@jamescahlander1693

my favorite Kim Carnes Album -was such a great collection of songs-well produced

@timmyreyes1993

I agree. Kim did a good job with the album. This is one of my favorite songs off the barking at airplanes album.

@TWayneD1020

Fantastic !!! We love Kim Carnes ❤ !!!!!! Time machine please !!!

@varianschirmer9375

Sitting at a railroad crossing a year ago, waiting for a grain train to go past...

...I liked how the baseline matched the crossing signal lights.

It made waiting for train almost relaxing.

This definitely deserves radio rotation.

@commentscommence

Thank you so much for everyone involved making this song and not thinking 'that whole 'do do dooo' thing is ridiculous and will never catch on!'

It's the best part of the song!

@ghostvillage1

1y↑1

@lizetteparrott2807

Fabulous! Love this song! X

@bluebeast1562

7y↑1

When this song comes up on sat radio, I turn it up loud!

@beflaf

Remember this when I was young. Awesome song!

@edmundclark2088

37w

Love this!!

@TheCynedd

2y↑2

These were the days when MTV really meant Music Television. Classic and I love this song.

@Thediscodude79

7y↑7

Love this song from Kim along with Voyuer and Bette Davis Eyes! She was great!!

@alexsiqueira9536

maravilhosa

@georgfriedrichhandel4390

5y↑1

Great song to play at a Halloween party!

@nicster0808

22w

KIM AND THE CRAZEES... we love still after all these years.!!

@dag-uwemaraun7324

24w

Kim Carnes and PJ Powers of South African have these gigantic voices!

@zacheryhanson214

3y↑5

They play this song on Coast to Coast AM all the time, This song hits just right at about 0130 in the morning.

@jamesanderson1002

Yes they do all the time. Thats where i first heard it. Love it !

@joshuadramsey

4y↑3

@jamesussery7788

She was on SNL singing this song with three Frankensteins as back up singers with strobe lights
Really cool

@ttgyuioo

2y↑1

70s 80s rock still rules 🙂🙃

@ChainsawDunDeez

5y↑3

I picked ( Mum got it for me) this single when I was 6 years old (1985- on a record) as I loved the song...me and my cousin's even made a 'Monster' (home) video clip for it as we liked making and watching home videos..Now my cousin's little kids still listen to that old record in 2019...and they love it!!!

@matthewconroy1196

29w

Living in the 80s was a weird time thank god for good music

@Redhawk85

7y↑3

Ah - the 80's! Does anyone believe this is over 30 years ago? My teen youth creeps back in when I hear a lost song like this. It was a GIFT to grow up in the 80's a GenX'er.

@randallcox2238

4y↑8

The 80s was awesome. Even though I was a kid at the time, I still knew my music because I would stay up and watch Friday Night Videos on NBC with my mom. I would also listen when she played her extensive 45 record collection. She did have this song on a 45. Very cool song.

@david2869

3y↑1

Didn't have cable to watch MTV? That's OK, neither did I. I had to watch MTV at my friend's house.

@dcritz4478

@david2869 Same boat. I lived in a neighborhood that didn't have cable installed until '86, right before I graduated high school & went off to join the military. At least I got to binge on MTV that graduation summer before leaving home. 😄

@DaveWollenberg

13y

Kim hit #15 in Billboard, 7-13-85. God bless ya, for postin' it. Thanx!

@aubindemontfalcon5967

You know, the 1st time I heard that song, I thought to myself "Hey ! Isn't it the same singer who sings Bettes Davies Eyes ?" Funny thing obviously, Kim's voice is INSTANTLY recognizable.

@kissmy_butt1302

1y↑1

I stumbled on this and totally forgot about it. I probably haven't heard this song in 35 years. Kim Carnes doesn't get enough credit for her song writing and singing style.

@drewhunkins7192

6y↑7

Very underrated song.

@leonheisenberg0210

Underrated just like her... Such a shame, because She's so good!

@tedvondra

7y↑183

Damn I miss the 80's. That was awesome music

@jennaalyssa1606

4y↑2

Yeesss 70's -80's forever !!! With some 90's as well today's music just doesn't cut it as back in the day !💞🎶

@barrydavid6634

4y↑1

the most awesome decade of music ever

@barrydavid6634

4y↑1

yes is sure was it still is

@barrydavid6634

4y↑1

@Jenna Alyssa no it doesn't

@bmw803

4y↑6

The 80's were a good decade. Simpler life, no major conflicts, still no political correctness stupidity, people still had decent jobs and had time to enjoy shit without too many worries. That reflects in all aspects of life.

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@screwyootube1

11y

Waddy Wachtel & Russ Kunkel are both veteran studio & touring musicians... They are also well-known for performing with Jackson Browne in the 70s & 80s! They both have LONG resumes, that can be found by looking either of them up on Wikipedia.

@vascosantos1071

38w

Grande Kim Carnes

@ronburgundy2660

5y↑1

Damn I had never heard this song before they randomly played in on coast to coast am. Quite surprised because this seems like it would have been a huge hit. Good song. I love 80's music. And they say the 80's in the worst era of music.

@alexdrake4409

9y↑65

Heard this on Sirius '80s on 8 the other day as one of their "lost hits." I'm 32 and well-versed in '80s music, but I'd never heard this song before. Very catchy tune.

@shmuli9

9y↑5

+Alex Drake This was a pretty big hit, and not the kind of trite songs that one always hears from the 80s like "Sister Christian" and "Too Shy".

@38yofrmut

9y↑5

+Alex Drake I guess because I'm almost 45 & I was in jr high & high school, the 80's was my time & I always kept up with the newest singles & videos being released. I so remember this song & video. I would always go to retail stores & look for the singles (45s, later cassette-singles) & albums (cassettes, vinyls, & CDs) It was scary watching her perform this on Solid Gold, with Frankenstein's monster, Dracula, & more on stage with her.

@shmuli9

9y↑2

+38yofrmut So did I! "Solid Gold" was good and bad. Bad because most most guests lip-synched, but good in that at least we got to see these people, and not in some video.

@bijeto

Me either! Discovered it today by accident- Six Degrees of Youtube. How you watch one video and some more are suggested for you.

@Ivan-hh1fu

7y↑4

Alex, are you familiar w/ Laura Branigan? If not, you've got to check out her music--she was 1 of the greatest '80s singers, with an awesome voice!

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@JohnDoe-cz9cd

i'm a 90s kid, but goddammit only just now discovered kim carnes from an episode of raising hope lol. every track just slappin!

@terezalabbado2262

Amo esssa musica

@sauquoit13456

5y↑3

On this day in 1985 {April 27th} Kim Carnes was guest on the ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program, 'American Bandsatand'...
Two weeks later her "Crazy In The Night" would enter Billboard's Top 100 chart at position #65, nine weeks later it peaked at #15 {for 1 week}...
Between 1979 and 1984 the California native had nineteen records on the Top 100 chart, three* made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "Bette Davis Eyes", for 9 weeks on May 10th, 1981...
Four of nineteen charted records were duets; one each with Gene Cotton, Kenny Rogers, Randy Meisner, and Barbra Streisand...
And one of her charted records was as a member of a trio, herself with Kenny Rogers and James Ingham, the song was "What About Me?" and it peaked at #15 in 1984...
Ms. Carnes will celebrate her 74th birthday in two months on July 20th, 2019...
* Besides "Bette Davis Eyes", her two other Top 10 records were "More Love" {#10 in 1980} and "Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer" {a duet with Kenny Rogers, #4 in 1980}...

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